Fluvanna County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 20,047. Its county seat is Palmyra.
Fluvanna County is part of the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The area which is now Fluvanna County was once part of Henrico County, one of the original shires of the Virginia Colony. Henrico was divided in 1727 and the Fluvanna County area became a part of Goochland County. In 1744 Goo...
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Fluvanna County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 20,047. Its county seat is Palmyra.
Fluvanna County is part of the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The area which is now Fluvanna County was once part of Henrico County, one of the original shires of the Virginia Colony. Henrico was divided in 1727 and the Fluvanna County area became a part of Goochland County. In 1744 Goochland was divided and the area presently known as Fluvanna became a part of Albemarle County. Finally, in 1777, Albemarle County was divided and Fluvanna County established.
The County was named for the Fluvanna River, the name given to James River west of Columbia. Fluvanna means "Annie's River" in honor of Queen Anne of England. The county has the James and Rivanna Rivers running through it.
The Point of Fork (near Columbia where the James and Rivanna Rivers meet) was the site of a major Monacan village of the Native Americans in pre...
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